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The percentage of uninsured persons is decreasing in the United States

CDC: Number of Uninsured Persons in U.S. Down Since 2013

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Increase in percentage of adults, children with private health insurance coverage from 2013 to 2015
Beetroot juice improves submaximal aerobic endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Beet Juice Aids BP, Aerobic Endurance With Heart Failure

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Daily dosing versus single, acute dose may be more effective
Pennsylvania physicians have called for state- and national-level medical associations to take an active role in addressing the issue of increasing generic drug prices

Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics

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Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Asthma is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm and rupture

Active Asthma Ups Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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Risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture also increased
The rate of smoking during pregnancy is about 8.4 percent

CDC: Rate of Smoking 8.4 Percent at Any Time During Pregnancy

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Highest prevalence for women 20 to 24 years and for non-Hispanic American Indian, Alaska Natives
Cola intake leads to a clinically relevant and statistically significant increase in the bioavailability of erlotinib during esomeprazole treatment

Cola Intake Increases Exposure of Erlotinib

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Findings in patients treated with esomeprazole; likely due to pH-dependent solubility
Sepsis survivors have a substantially increased risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after discharge

Sepsis Tied to Higher Post-Discharge Mortality Risk

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Higher risk of mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events can persist for five years
For older men

Admission to VA or Non-VA Hospitals Impacts Outcome

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Lower 30-day mortality for AMI, heart failure, but not pneumonia, with admission to VA hospitals
Medical liability reforms are likely to be advanced and challenged in 2016

AMA Highlights Issues Relating to Medical Liability Reform

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New ideas likely to be implemented in 2016 to address existing, developing issues in medical liability
Intensive care unit patients surviving to hospital discharge have higher five-year mortality and hospital resource use than hospital controls

Five-Year Mortality, Costs Up for ICU Survivors

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Intensive care unit survivors have higher mortality, use of hospital resources in five years after discharge